Rubedo, symbolic representation of the third step of the alchemy, the achievement of enlightement and self awarness. Red crystal pyramid with dark shades inside a clouds vortex in the sky
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albedo: dream landscape with snow on foreground, rising blue pyramid on middleground at horizon and sun with light reflections on surrounding clouds on black background.Surrealsim photography.
A dream image representing the albedo, step of alchemy. Albedo is one of the four major stages of the magnum opus; along with nigredo, citrinitas and rubedo. Following the chaos of the nigredo stage, the alchemist undertakes a purification in albedo, which is literally referred to as ablutio – the washing away of impurities. See references about albedo
Surrealism pictures are a branch or better the ancestor of photography based digital art. It is an “old” tachnique, started with the darkroom and used by surrealists as Salvador Dalì in some works of photography. The technique is known as photomontage and consistes in mounting more images into one.
burning hyaline quartz pyramid in fire like a stake, surrealism picture with symbolism about alchemy
This is the second surrealistic picture holding symbolic value. It represents the first step of alchemy, the nigredo or black work. In this step on the way to the the self awarness and enlightenment the self is distroyed for a rebirth in the second step, the albedo, represented in an other picture. Nigredo is the first step in the pathway to the philosopher’s stone all alchemical ingredients had to be cleansed and cooked extensively to a uniform black matter. See references about black work
Picture representing the second step of the evolution to the self awarness of the Alchemy, the White work, in Latin Albedo. After the trasformation of the row material, the human passions and emotions, through the fusion as represented in the artwork burning pyramid, a new human being rises.
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Surrealism picture with colors of metals fusion: blue, yellow, white. This picture with burning crystal pyramid in a fire flame on black background represents the black work of the Alchemy, in latin Nigredo. It is the first step of the evolution to the self awarness. The transformation of the old into the new, like a metal in the fusion. The second step is the albedo, the white work.
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